Hedge Fund - Litespeed Management

Jamie Zimmerman Bio, Returns, Net Worth

Litespeed Management LLC was founded by Jamie Zimmerman in October 2000. Litespeed is an event-driven hedge fund focusing on special situations, distressed securities, and bankruptcies. Zimmerman returned 118% between October 2000 and December 2005, vs. -13% for S&P 500 index. The firm has around $1 Billion in assets under management. Before founding Litespeed Management, she was the head of research for risk arbitrage situations portfolio at Toronto-Dominion Bank. Zimmerman received a B.A. degree from Amherst College in 1981, followed by a J.D from the University of Michigan Law School, and a Masters in English Literature from the University of Michigan’s Horace Rackham Graduate School in 1984.

Jamie Zimmerman’s Litespeed Management has gone activist on RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH). According to a Schedule 13D form filed today with the SEC, the fund owns 8.87 million shares of Common...... (read more)

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Women hedge fund managers have outperformed their male rivals, on average, for the second year in a row, according to professional services firm Rothstein Kass which tracks the industry. From January...... (read more)

Litespeed Management LLC, led by Jamie Zimmerman, in a filing disclosed that it initiated a position in FTD Companies Inc (NASDAQ:FTD) and bought 1.11 million shares, representing a 5.97% stake in common...... (read more)

Top women in hedge funds: To call the hedge fund space an "old boy's club" may have been accurate 50 years ago, but in 2013, it's as much of a woman's game as it is a man's. The Hedge Fund Journal has...... (read more)

To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, outdated investment vehicles of a forgotten age. Although there are more than 8,000 hedge funds with their doors open in present day,...... (read more)

Jamie Zimmerman founded Litespeed Management, an event-driven hedge fund focusing on special situations, distressed securities, and bankruptcies, in 2000. Zimmerman returned 118% between October 2000...... (read more)

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